...in that colonizers use the term to justify their continued brutalization of people fighting back against oppression. It was probably on the-podcast where I first heard the argument that it's a fairly useless term mainly used to describe any militant enemies of the west, but it occurs to me now and seems so obvious that the term "terrorist" is just a direct replacement for "savage".

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    I've known new athiests that call Muslims in general uncivilised and of a lesser culture

    at some point mark my words someone is going to start up colonial mission trips for new athiesm

    • blight [any]
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      8 months ago

      you just lost your lathe privileges

    • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Ask him:

      "Oh really? Does that include Andrew Tate? Perhaps also a sizable portion of US republicans

      Watch him short-circuit.